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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2011 23:38:17 GMT 1
Swansea was a giant killing, League 2 beats Premiership, 9 changes or not! Great game! League 2 with "bottom half of the league squad" don't forget..................... surely such an achievement should be recognised
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Post by Valerioch on Oct 15, 2011 12:57:10 GMT 1
Swansea was a giant killing, League 2 beats Premiership, 9 changes or not! Great game! League 2 with "bottom half of the league squad" don't forget..................... surely such an achievement should be recognised Exactly It felt an occasion to me at the time and still does now, a giant killing, some people just don't know how to enjoy an occasion!
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Post by Shrewed on Oct 15, 2011 13:08:17 GMT 1
League 2 with "bottom half of the league squad" don't forget..................... surely such an achievement should be recognised Exactly It felt an occasion to me at the time and still does now, a giant killing, some people just don't know how to enjoy an occasion! Beating Everton, Ipswich, Manchester City now those were giant killing, beating Swansea reserve will hardly go down in the annuls of Town history. Doubt many people will remember it in 10 years time, in fact lots of Town fans couldn't even be bothered to go to the match. I can understand new fans those who have come along since the club moved being a wee bit excited but those with longer memories will treat it for what it was a victory against poor opposition.
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Post by shrewsace on Oct 15, 2011 13:26:49 GMT 1
Exactly It felt an occasion to me at the time and still does now, a giant killing, some people just don't know how to enjoy an occasion! Beating Everton, Ipswich, Manchester City now those were giant killing, beating Swansea reserve will hardly go down in the annuls of Town history. Doubt many people will remember it in 10 years time, in fact lots of Town fans couldn't even be bothered to go to the match. I can understand new fans those who have come along since the club moved being a wee bit excited but those with longer memories will treat it for what it was a victory against poor opposition. Oh behave! I'm not quite as old as you, Hope, but have been watching Town since the mid-80s and I enjoyed it. Not a giant-killing of the scale of Everton, granted, but poor opposition? There's a reason those players are at a Premier League club and not plying their trade in League Two. I it for what it was - an enjoyable game with some great goals by my team and a great win over a Premier Legaue side, 'first eleven' or not.
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Post by Valerioch on Oct 15, 2011 15:26:58 GMT 1
Beating Everton, Ipswich, Manchester City now those were giant killing, beating Swansea reserve will hardly go down in the annuls of Town history. Doubt many people will remember it in 10 years time, in fact lots of Town fans couldn't even be bothered to go to the match. I can understand new fans those who have come along since the club moved being a wee bit excited but those with longer memories will treat it for what it was a victory against poor opposition. Oh behave! I'm not quite as old as you, Hope, but have been watching Town since the mid-80s and I enjoyed it. Not a giant-killing of the scale of Everton, granted, but poor opposition? There's a reason those players are at a Premier League club and not plying their trade in League Two. I it for what it was - an enjoyable game with some great goals by my team and a great win over a Premier Legaue side, 'first eleven' or not. Thank you! some common sense in a post! Especially the last line!
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Post by blue and ambar on Oct 16, 2011 14:04:32 GMT 1
Swansea's reserve side that would struggle to do well in the conference featured many players who played Championship football the season before. Loaning Robinson wasn't a mistake IMO, the clause thing most certainly was a mistake, as was only really having three mainline strikers plus Ainsworth for the rest of the season. Fair point about Swansea but on the night did they actually gel as a team. If they did gel as a team we may not have won thou. Surely in any game we want the opposition to have an off day. Seems to me like you think if we lose then its down to us regardless of the opposition. However if we win then its down to the opposing team being poor.
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Post by grinfish on Oct 16, 2011 14:55:59 GMT 1
The opposition was poor = We were better than the opposition.
It's the same thing, and you can only choose one side or the other as the benchmark for the 90 minute performance, which determines how you express the outcome.
Most choose the opposition to be the benchmark, thus when we win, we are better.
Ed chooses STFC as the benchmark, thus when we win, they are poorer.
Exceptions where the Ref interferes.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2011 16:58:32 GMT 1
Exactly It felt an occasion to me at the time and still does now, a giant killing, some people just don't know how to enjoy an occasion! Beating Everton, Ipswich, Manchester City now those were giant killing, beating Swansea reserve will hardly go down in the annuls of Town history. Doubt many people will remember it in 10 years time, in fact lots of Town fans couldn't even be bothered to go to the match. I can understand new fans those who have come along since the club moved being a wee bit excited but those with longer memories will treat it for what it was a victory against poor opposition. Ed, what was the exact date you decided that football had peaked, everything before it was wonderful and nothing after that date would ever live up to anything from the "good old days"?
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Post by Shrewed on Oct 16, 2011 17:37:26 GMT 1
Beating Everton, Ipswich, Manchester City now those were giant killing, beating Swansea reserve will hardly go down in the annuls of Town history. Doubt many people will remember it in 10 years time, in fact lots of Town fans couldn't even be bothered to go to the match. I can understand new fans those who have come along since the club moved being a wee bit excited but those with longer memories will treat it for what it was a victory against poor opposition. Ed, what was the exact date you decided that football had peaked, everything before it was wonderful and nothing after that date would ever live up to anything from the "good old days"? Oh that very easy to define 12th March 2008 and I know exactly where I was heathrow airport waiting for a flight to Delhi.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2011 17:52:30 GMT 1
Ed, what was the exact date you decided that football had peaked, everything before it was wonderful and nothing after that date would ever live up to anything from the "good old days"? Oh that very easy to define 12th March 2008 and I know exactly where I was heathrow airport waiting for a flight to Delhi. I thought it might have been a few weeks before then
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Post by elmundo on Oct 16, 2011 18:14:05 GMT 1
Ed, what was the exact date you decided that football had peaked, everything before it was wonderful and nothing after that date would ever live up to anything from the "good old days"? Oh that very easy to define 12th March 2008 and I know exactly where I was ;)heathrow airport waiting for a flight to Delhi. Fair play ed, I disagree with most of the tripe you post but that made me chuckle
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Post by Shrewed on Oct 16, 2011 18:15:47 GMT 1
Oh that very easy to define 12th March 2008 and I know exactly where I was heathrow airport waiting for a flight to Delhi. I thought it might have been a few weeks before then No that was the day that in my opinion Shrewsbury Town football club became Shrewsbury Town plc.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2011 12:28:15 GMT 1
I thought it might have been a few weeks before then No that was the day that in my opinion Shrewsbury Town football club became Shrewsbury Town plc. Care to explain a bit further?
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